Sleep deprivation

Sleep deprivation is issue affecting a large number people everyday. 40 million Americans alone were reported to have experienced long-term sleep disorders and 20 million have experienced infrequent sleeping problems, suffering the most from this are adolescents and adults. Several studies have proposed the effects sleep deprivation has on adolescent and adult (Shorts & Louca, 2015; Harvay, 2010). Despite the contributions of previous studies having to do with sleep deprivation in adolescent…

Sleep determines the health and well being of a person 's live and is a necessity to perform well in school and to be effective at work. Not enough rest can affect people’s mood and ability to learn and keep information. Amongst all of those who do not get enough sleep, college students are several of them. According to research, sleep plays an important role for learning in these students lives. Most college students do not get enough sleep due to a immense amount of school work, job work, and…

effects that sleep deprivation had on false memories. They knew that sleep deprivation had negative effects on many bodily functions, but there were no other studies that considered the effects that it had on memory susceptibility. Therefore, they conducted two experiments to test their thoughts about the impacts that sleep deprivation may have on false memories in hopes of finding a relationship between the two. The general hypothesis tested in this study was that sleep deprivation had an…

Sleep. It’s something that everyone does, and we spend about a third of our lives doing it. However most people don’t think about it that much, or perhaps think they could be more productive without it, especially because so many people have no idea what goes on during sleep. Everyone agrees that getting less than optimal sleep feels terrible the next day, but sleep deprivation is still a chronic problem. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 30 percent of American…

crashes, only just behind intoxicated driving and falling asleep behind the wheel (Beanland, Fitzharris, Young and Lenné, 2013). In this essay, it will be argued that sleep deprivation will lead to a lower performance in driving. This argument is supported by two studies which discusses how driving performance is affected by sleep deprivation with comparison to alcohol. Both the studies (Stephen and Robert, 1999; Williamson and Feyer, 1999) found that fatigued…

early start times, usually around 7:25, making it hard for adolescents to stay awake and focus in classes- and there has been a significant drop in grades to prove it. The sleep deprivation amongst teens becomes dangerous in the sense that teenagers sixteen years old and up begin to drive into school, and driving while sleep deprived is proven to be just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. While schools are mostly based off standardized testing, missing or falling asleep in class could…

Sleep Deprivation: A B-List Killer “Sleep is the best meditation,” as the Dalai Lama once said. From time to time, everyone wakes up feeling groggy, irritated, stressed and sick. Most blame it on being run-down from all the work they’ve been doing, some blame it on their lack of sleep and having to go to bed too late and having to wake up too early. Despite there being an understanding of the negative effects of sleep deprivation, the average American does not understand them completely,…

Without a good night’s sleep, your life can become a nightmare as you fight chronic sleep deprivation, but memory foam mattresses can help you achieve nirvana in the realm of dreamland. Sleep deprivation is not something to be taken lightly. Chronic sleep deprivation inhibits creative thinking patterns and many other higher brain functions. Pressure point arousal is one of the main causes of sleep deprivation, and it occurs when the body is consistently awakened from deep sleep due to minor…

In the article from LA Times, “Sleep Deprivation Has Genetic Consequences, Study Finds,” Eryn Brown discusses that the lack of sleep can cause genetic consequences. Brown says when night-shift workers or college crammers who stay up late have problems in their health. She states, “...get less than our fair share of zzz’s are more likely to be obese and to suffer cardiovascular woes than people get a consistent…”, she’s saying if people don’t get the required sleep they need, there could be…

“I love sleep. My life has a tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” was ironically observed by Ernest Hemingway. He was notorious for his love of slumber, he thought that the best time to write was in the morning so he would always awake at the break of dawn. He knew first hand the benefits of sleep though sadly most teenagers do not today. A report found an astonishing low amount of sleep in teenagers’ schedule during a time that they learn to balance their academic, social, and…